{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96888 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"CVE-2026-96888 is a high-severity vulnerability in ISC BIND 9, published on 21 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-96888 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-96888 is a high-severity vulnerability in ISC BIND 9, published on 21 Oct 2026. \nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96888 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: ISC BIND 9. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96888/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96888/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-96888","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96888/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-96888","record":{"aliases":["ALPINE-CVE-2026-96888","AZL-111512","BELL-CVE-2026-96888","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96888","ECHO-8d93-0bc0-8346","GHSA-4x52-cj5p-p824","MINI-hp52-279j-2wg5","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-96888"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":"isc","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-617","name":"Reachable Assertion"},{"id":"CWE-476","name":"NULL Pointer Dereference"}],"description":"A BIND resolver that is configured with both a \"redirect\" zone and \"qname-minimization strict\" may abort with an assertion failure while processing the redirect.\nThis issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.29, 9.21.0 through 9.21.26, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.29-S1.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Named may terminate unexpectedly when a redirect zone is used with strict QNAME minimization","id":"CVE-2026-96888","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Librsvg: use-after-free when xml includes have duplicated entities","id":"CVE-2026-96889"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Course Booking System \u003c 7.0.9 - Unauthenticated Attendee PII Disclosure via CSV Export","id":"CVE-2026-96886"},"products":["BIND 9"],"published":"2026-10-21","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-21","vendors":["ISC"]},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96888/"}